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13 Jan 2012, 1:06 am

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Lately for some reason he is answering every question with "cheese."

That's funny.

Sometimes mine will shake his hands and say "Cheese!" when he wants to watch "Wallace and Gromit" because that's something the main character does. Heaven forbid I should actually offer him a piece of cheese though, offering him new foods makes him mad.

My decision to start potty training was because he was no longer terrified of sitting on the potty, he didn't tell me had to go and he has no cues, he only started telling me after he started doing it. If yours will tolerate sitting on either the toilet or potty without a meltdown regardless of communication issues then I think you're good to go. I won't lie though, the first few weeks were rough ... but not as bad as I think it could have been if I'd taken what I think is the standard approach for potty training a child with autism.... Seems to me a lot of people hole up in the bathroom with their kids for hours trying to get them to fill up on liquids and waiting for them to pee, I think I'd have given up if I did it that way. He used the kiddy potty for the first ten days or so (being able to have a potty in any room of the house helped me keep my sanity because he could take all day to go) and now that he's got the hang of it he likes to use the big toilet.

I have no idea how the cheese thing started. But kind says it kind of loud in a tone that seems to mean, "Leave me alone."

I understand what you mean about the potty training thing. I always read that it only really works if the kid wants to do it - as in, starts to feel uncomfortable with a dirty diaper. My mom told me that I wasn't even potty trained till 3.

My son is not scared of the toilet or anything but another thing I read was that if you have a move imminent, you should not start since the move will be a big upheaval for the kid and you should wait till the move is done. I don't have an exact date yet but it will be around the last week of January or first week of Feb. This is the big move back to the US from Japan.

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13 Jan 2012, 1:28 am

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I read was that if you have a move imminent, you should not start since the move will be a big upheaval for the kid and you should wait till the move is done. I don't have an exact date yet but it will be around the last week of January or first week of Feb. This is the big move back to the US from Japan.

Sure, I'd wait until you're all settled in too, because it can require a whole lot of your attention in the beginning and moving is hard enough without that.... I just thought of one thing you could do though that might get him started without committing to it too much would be to put him on the potty before every bath, if he goes great if not no big deal. I think the first time I got mine to go in the big potty was because his warm bath water made him start to pee so I pulled him out of the tub before he could finish and put him on the toilet, by that time he'd already gone in the kiddy potty a few times so he knew what was expected.

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13 Jan 2012, 2:02 am

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Thanks for the suggestion. Probably another thing to try once I am back as in Japan the toilet and bathtub are in separate rooms! Plus the toilet room is freezing as there is no such thing as central heating here, only space heating...housing quality is another one of my reasons for leaving here.

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13 Jan 2012, 2:10 am

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the toilet and bathtub are in separate rooms!

Yeeeeeah .... unless you use a kiddy potty that wouldn't work so great. That's awkward, I usually have to get out to pee as soon as I get into a bath even if I already went just before getting in, I wouldn't like having the toilet in a separate room ... then again it might be nice to be able to take a bath without having it interrupted by people wanting to use the toilet.

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13 Jan 2012, 5:00 am

Nice to read about the progress happening
My son who has until now only made noises has started humming bits of songs..things like christmas carols, songs that my daughter sings, its quite cool, gotta be a good sign for speech I think.

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13 Jan 2012, 7:06 am

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Nice to read about the progress happening

My son who has until now only made noises has started humming bits of songs..things like christmas carols, songs that my daughter sings, its quite cool, gotta be a good sign for speech I think.

My son used to hum a song, but it was his song, a creation he made

I used to hum his song to teach him imitation and he was amused.

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13 Jan 2012, 10:27 am

nostromo wrote:

Nice to read about the progress happening

My son who has until now only made noises has started humming bits of songs..things like christmas carols, songs that my daughter sings, its quite cool, gotta be a good sign for speech I think.

I hope so! My son was "singing" songs before he ever really spoke in a meaningful way.

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15 Jan 2012, 10:52 am

http://www.socialskillbuilder.com/products.htm

I have several computer programs from the above site. I like them, and so does my friend with the autistic twin girls.

I just got an e-mail from the company that they are offering a free iPad app of one of the software titles and several of their apps are on sale for $ .99. (I don't have an iPad, but I know that some of you do, so I thought that I would pass it along.)

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16 Jan 2012, 5:35 am

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Thanks for the link Blondeambition.

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16 Jan 2012, 10:10 am

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Thanks for the link Blondeambition.

Sure. We haven't heard from you in a while. How are things going?

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17 Jan 2012, 4:26 am

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Thanks for the link Blondeambition.

Sure. We haven't heard from you in a while. How are things going?

Had a lot of problems with prep-school in the second half of 2011, eventually my daughter has settled her ADHD behavior with slow reslease Ritalin (20 mg/day).

She is talking at home but it's inconsistent and she makes some fundamental mistakes.

One major issue is using "I" Vs "you". She often starts a sentence asking for something by saying Can "you" have the item (instead of "I want the item"). She's 6 and starting her first year of school in February.

Another weird habit is her TV preference. She has noise sensitivity and I have recently discovered she hates any program with hand clapping. This includes TV comedies and Talk shows. On the other hand she likes heavy metal guitar?? go figure.

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17 Jan 2012, 5:03 am

General question because I'm genuinely interested to find out - what are some things often found with Autism that your child does not have?
My son doesn't seem to have any sensory problems..dietary preferences..or the rigidity and resistence to change that I hear are very common with Autism. He likes cuddles, and touch, loves tickles. Makes eye contact all the time when he's not off focusing on something else.

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17 Jan 2012, 5:49 am

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Anxiety, and he is ok with routine changes. We can travel without problems.

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17 Jan 2012, 6:44 am

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Thanks for the link Blondeambition.

Sure. We haven't heard from you in a while. How are things going?

Both of my kids have a history of pronoun confusion. There is a DVD from teach2talk.com on pronouns, and you can also make or buy flashcards to help with this.

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17 Jan 2012, 7:00 am

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My younger son loves cuddles, but he can be very stereotypically rigid. (Thank goodness for Prozac for OCD symptoms.)
My older son with more severe and classic symptoms has a lot less of the rigidity going on.

Both my children have eye contact problems with some people but not with me. I've had good eye contact with plenty of autistic kids, and I think that it is common for the eye contact thing to only occur with certain people or in certain situations.

I can have trouble with it myself, at times, due to social anxiety or when I sense that someone wants to argue with me and I don't feel like engaging. Sometimes, I have to consciously think about making eye contact.

I think that it is great that your kids want to interact with you.

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17 Jan 2012, 11:21 am

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I don't think these things are uncommon but go against the stereotype.... My son is full of smiles and is outgoing to the point of deliberately greeting and hugging strangers in stores (he sure didn't get that from me, I was the opposite and don't like making eye contact or like being touched by most people and don't always smile when I'm supposed to). Although I don't think he should be hugging strangers I sometimes worry that once he starts going to school he'll withdraw and become more like me and be too introverted. He doesn't stim a lot.

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